The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-10 00:00:00

BY MA XET AND Ot v ,IIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK. There continues to be a good demand for accom modation in the dinount market, owing no doubt to Icl rne heavy Indian engagements due to-day, but ea the supply of capital is abundant first class bills Ore negotiated at 6°.1 to 7 per cent. About £48,000 in gold was taken into the Bank Yesterday, but 12,000 sovereigns were withdrawn f ° l ' Alexandria. r A slight downward movement took 'pl ace i n th e - elgn exehanges yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the imports, of specie have "mounted to £374,300, and the exports to 41,0 83,900. the directors of the Otago and Southland In vestment Company have; made a call of 10s. per than, payable on or 'oefore the 10th of January te at at the compano bankers. Arrangements ho.ve been concluded for the amal tiinaation of the Bank o f W a l es w ith t h e P rov i nc i a l the Corporation. The subsc r ib e d ca pit a l o f lee combined establishments will be £1,300,000, divided into 26,000 shares of £5O each, held by tle arly 800 &hareholders, the amount at present paid 41.11 being £167,000. The amalgamat e d b an k w ill h ave 27 branches, and a f us i on o f th e B oar d s w ill tit take , P l ace , an d th e b us i ness w ill b e carr i e d on un d er 415 name of the Provincial Banking Corporation. The report of the London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate Bank, to be submitted to the second D ecember, meeting to be held on Friday, the 16th "ecember, states that the directors congratulate t he Proprietors upon the result of the second year's ‘Perations. The directors felt themselves justifiad in Paying an ad interim divid e nd o f 5 p er cen t . f or t he first, half-year, they are now enabled, after the ti inst ample provision for all bad and doubtful debts a ppropriating £l,OOO towards the reduction of Preliminary expenses—and adding £lO,OOO to the reserve fund—to declare for the second half-year a dividend of 5 per cent., and and a bonus of 10s per sh are on the original shares, and a p ro po r tionat e the on the new shares, and to carry forward t o l ue profit and loss account of the current year the 111117 4 of £755 2s. Two o'oLocK. .t Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's elegram, the 3 per cent. French Rentes were 66f. ° C. Inanimate. A decline of 3-16 per cent. has take n pl ace i n th e F unds to-day, Consols being 89k for money, and ' ll i for th e accoun t. Thi s d ownwar d movemen t h as ~e e n produced by the closing of outstanding - 15 1111" accounts to a large extent, and a statement t hat large withdrawals of sovereigns will take pl ace from the Bank early next week for Egypt. Th e i New Threes-are 881 1 ; the Reduced, 887 i 1 ; Cheque r Bills, 6s. to is, die.; and India 5 per `'eats,, 103/. .Foreign Stocks have, with few exceptions, de elirled and business has been dull. Turkish 6 per F eats., 1862, are 711 ; do. Consolides, 461 47 ; Iv4Bican, 291 ; do. New, 271 ; Greek, 224 li 3 ; Spanish Passive, 311 4 ; do. Certificates, ; Portuguese, 471 48; Russian, 864 871 ; t" Confederate Loan, 581 591; the E g ypti a n, 6 g prep.; and the Danubian, die. par. In the Railway Share Market there has been eI Y little animation, and prices have not varied to 114 y important extent. Great Northern A Stock ha s advanced hand Brighton 1, while North Eastern 'erWick) have declined 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines are inactive at a bout former rates. ) 3 ank and Miscellaneous Shares remain without ' 44 terial change in prices. on BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a -VIIR NMF , NT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols 2 1:) ° Acco'unt, Jan 10 B9l 4 leer Cent. R e d u ced 844 1 tier 3 per Cent D 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894.... — 4,,' - ' 0 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — „gnuities, 30 yrs, expire Ath Jan., 1880 — tie for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. kthequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4& 34 per Cent. 6 1 di e 2 di e Do £5OO t. Do £lOO and £2OO 4- ' ` 1 „ 11 k England Stk, 51 per Cl. ... 0 Account .. / i l'inax GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Doia Stock 105 per Cent., April 1874 — ' Account — ° 6 per Cent. July, 1870 bi)o Account — ° 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 D ° Do Certificates b ° 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — D ° 4 5 pee Cent. 0 Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent -- b ° 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 lO2 Do 6 4 per Cent., May, 1879 — b"4 fonds Cent., Aug. 1866 1 -,° £l,ooo 1 5 pin 'lO under £1,000.. 4„ FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bactrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Dial). 5 per Cent 4 4 per Cent. 1852-68-60 11,, Do ' 1863 .. 41 14^ - b o vs Ayres 6 per Cent — Chip Account.....• .. tan R b ~ per C ent — t °4 i 01, . per Cent 0 urabia n 6 per Cent 44 4 6 b , per Cent. - N il ? . k o Per Cent. 1864 1) 0 184 3 per Cent., 1825 .-.. b ~.5 per Cent, 1864 It '' ° per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid 4 pm Diklor Ne w C onso lid a t e d, 1 per Ce n t — s°, I ?rovisonal Land Warrant — b Pti an. 7 per Cent — bo £lOO Bonds I ) ° , Second Issue ' — (i re ° ,Scrip, £l5 paid 1 01 pm D Per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons — „D. Account o e A olipons , rkecou n t 9l b 'tobala 5 per Cent. It,IO 1 839 and 1859 e k i l t „ lls per Cent.(Mareramana Railway) ' , 13 '' 4 3 per Cent ° Accotmt Do 1864 , 6 , Per Cent. Anglo-French • die b crip, $43 paid.... .. 140, ° ,Pretich Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c _die x d g,. t igh Imperial S per Cent • )3' Granada .. l2 Do 2 per Cent. -- Deferr e d DO „ Land W arran t s (H ec t ares ) -- ° Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — corityDo d o A ug ., 1866 — 1)„ i on. 45 per Cent A N er Cent. (Uribarren) .. 1.) - 44 per Cent., 1862 .• 0,,,° Account Irguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do A V•CCOUnt - k, ° A Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '60, A 62,'3 — ...4,,,.ccount .. 474 b' n '"an 5 per Cent 1822, £ St., — D ° 4 s Per Cent., 1850 — 1) O , A 1860 — 1) 0 ' 6 Per Cent 1859 .. - - t o A Per Cent, 1862 B7 k . b 0 `4•410-Dutch ' ll i'di,., - , °11 1), £6i paid b - ` 4l l 5 per Cent 11 1 , 0 itt,i ,Recount Bl4 b o ' A " 3 per Cent .... — DO New 481 )3 A Deferred Do -. .ceount pass i veh l ; o .A,, Arli.., count — t ti q 7, 4 Cert. of Coup not funded — tltte.,_° ( "ount — 1 414 , 4 , 4 per Cent .. O . ' 6 per Cent. 1854 — D ° A ccount to oo ~'' Per C un ent. 1858 ,Pot b o : 10 0 Bonds 130 " A Per Cent. 1862 D 0 A ccount , i , '")'o0 Bonds.. .I) 1101863 n (I„ 1, 4 -io is`nranteed, 4 per Cent..... ° ,4% 1 Scrip, $4O paid Vo ft° 3 per Cent. DO 6 -'eeoun D t Do APer Cent., 1862 n e e mint . ... 4 i p Cent. 1861 Ott; lv idend ' s on the above payable in Landon. ~(4 •an 5 k) tia o ',' Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. 1 1 6 11. i 'l per Cent., Ex. 25f... , i,t i Per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail 624 1 4 1 . 1 04 I , '' Cent. Certificates i. pb , 6 ° Mee, 3 per Cent ,. 1' 4 Pi?''r Cent 1861, Ex. 2-5 francs.. er ti e ooa ,_ •I ci e4 Nia -,-, _ ,-; r ti . +inoilt.;!.oll.ar Bonds, 44 per Ct. Ex. 4s. '°, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — t q ,,, ..[,,,, TWO O'CLOCK. b," 10 , la 'o -43 4oe neY °um '' B9 891 verpool Cotton Market—This Day. k4r ket s te a dy. Sales, about 6,000 bales. SHARE ALARKETS,—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Share! Railways, r aid : Closing Business I I Price. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val.! all Blythe and Tyne. BriPtol and Exeter 1 1 0 0 ,Caledonian ---, 109 Cork and Bandou all Cornwall all Do AI A- g ets no div : all h tillepe.pan.as; Do. B all been paid to B. Dublin A Belfast June.' -- Dun.,VerthA Al). Junc.l Edinburgh & Glasgow. (3lasg. and S. IVest , rh.' Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 87 BO 130 131 1311 6 7 34 36 16 17 90 9Z 106 ICS 47i 484, - - I Ditto EastAnglian GreatNorthot Scotland! 'Great Northern 1 Do A stock 71 81 134 135 151 155 13: YO V 1 781 Do s 13 do - Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland' 300 Great Western,Original 100 Do Str Val Qua. stock : 10C Do. South Wales Do. West -Oxionl 67 69 57 59 44 46 100 162 1141 :151 82 84 101 :06 37 39 1181 119 97 19 66 (7 Do Newport Do Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaokwall, Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Swith Western' Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle.! Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle Do. Stock. & Do do 1855-58 Do do 186 C-61 iNarth London Do New Do New 1864 121 ;22 137 074 106 :08 65 67 25 47 113 114 714 721 1 . :3 104 38 39 11 12 p 9 15 , 120 125 11 2pl 79 1 1 8 1 0 ICf 111 138 ;42 North Stairordshirc N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South DeTon V • • South Eastern taines, Wok.,andWok Pali Vale.. Do C Vale of Neath Waterford 43; Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.4,,R 58 65 40 42 851f51 8 9 163 :C8 44 ft 1.8 110 38 40 13.14. et et et 50 20 10 S 100 100 100 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Itlantic & St Lawrenc , tom.,Baroda,t.Cent In , Gu. 5 per Do. E. aliarcs...•...— au fl alo and Lillie liuroi Do. Preference tiufralo,Brant,&Godricl p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 167 Do. do. July 1, 187 .)o. do. Juue 1, 18; Mcufta.kS.Eastn. (Lin ape Town A-. Dock Sari Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf Eastn. Bengal gu. a p. East Indian. r'u. 5 P. c Do. do. .1 Ext Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist eret. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2(1 Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred , Do. 4th l'ref. stock. • • , Do. do. deferred.— Ut.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. GM. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. 0 3t. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent Do. 42 per cent Do Gt. VV. of Canada Share• Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Sladras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. p. o. ExtensioL Do. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Ilelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds Nielb. Sr Hobson's Bay. Newßrunswick Calm, Class A. and B. N.Rl.C'da6 po Ist pi bdt Soinde Do. Delhi Do. do • • 1 t .1 Do. Punjaub -• t Jo. indus.St. Flo') h' all 100 (100 1100 < 2 1(.0 100 Paid Closing Prise. 5S CO 1021 lO3i Idis ip 5 oi 8i D 3 75 80 P 8 100 8) 90 103 104 1031 11)43 21 2! 90 92 70 72 61 d 4 66 68 50 68 53 64 47 50 3) 32 28 30 1031 1041 pr 6p pr ip 101 103 9 9i llf II 83 CO 80 62 1 1 d 104 103: 96 C 8 91 03 IC4I 31 59 01 F 2 84 10' 103 102} 103.3 jd jp 102 k 103.3 95 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 3t, 1872... 100 ' — Do. do. 1883.. .. 100 p.c.Ja..StiJ u 1 1877-81 ...—......... 100 98 29 901 81 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au:. 100 97 99 Do. 6p. a. Mar. dic Sept 100 97 99 Do. Ip. o. Jan.&July. lOC 87 89 Do. 5 inscribed stmt. 100 86 89 'ape (LI - lope, 6 p 0,187: 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 188( 100 105 107 Do. 189( 100 106 108 )o. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 109 111 (;eyion, Nov.lstiq, 6p • 100 102 105 Do. 1878, do. 100 1( 0 112 Ilauritius 6 p.0ent.1873 00 )05 107 Do. 1878 100 106 109 Do. 1882 100 ,07 110 - \Tata! Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 195 107 , 1.8.G0v.6 p.c. J a.&J ul) 100 99 102 S.W. G ov. 5 p a., 18n. 100 97 99 Du. sp. c.,lBii to 1371 100 95 97 I'6 Do. d0.,1888 Asupwch 100 94 86 Vow Zealand 6 p cent 100 105 107 VovaScotiaGov. 6p. c eteriing, 1875. lO3 100 102 4ueensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 101 103 IC4I i.Aus Gov. 6 p.0.1E68- 100 Do. 1778 &upward 4..., 100 107 103 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.‘tJ ull ) 100 Do. In p.c. A0..1,061%. 1 100 ,1061 1071 107 #6/ BRITISH MINES. 2 'ambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 f Chiverton 3 64 74 Alitorcl Amalgamated.. 334 344 .)evcr, G. Con.. (Tavist. 1 580 000 Drakewal:s.. • • .... 2.1.0. 4 1 —01 St Bassett 50 55 Sast Caradon ).14.f 18 20 194 :ast Carn 8rea......., 3.4.0 64 7 East Grenville 2.7.0. 54 6 East Lovell W'l Russel (Tavisti 5.13.. 51 51 lam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 60 5 7 4 Great Laxey, 11m...*... all 174 181 19 3 rent Soutn Tolgus... a ;. Wheal Vor )0 34 36 78 . 6 -I erc•d's-Foot 6.13 35 37 iingston Downs 4.18.• 4 46 dargaret (tiny Lelani 4 8 0 darke Valley.. 4 Tywiv Iron Ore (Lim. 2,1 ! 14 (-; .... 19 18 10 4ew betvn 214 ( . 0 70 forth Downs... ...... North Itoskear 294 17 115 ..1V isaseet(lllo;.,,mu 3.11;6 14 2 'orth Wheal Crotty • 9.8 0 2- Prosper United... o 3l 3 :•rovidenee(Uny Lehi) lO 6.7 31 36 ionthCaradon(St.Cleer 14 20 540 W heal Fran. (Mogan •7 4 .f4.1 33 36 itray Park Cin Croft v ;6 17 161 West Basset (Mogan) , 14 7 9 V C , radon ( Liskeard 3 6 6 West Chiverton West 6ctun 5'11(7v I. Basset (Mogan 31 90 93 .Wheal Buller(ltedruth, 10 9 11 WhcalLndeott wheal Mary Ann (Men., 8 13 )5 Wheal Beton 584 195 200 Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 19 21 Wheal Uni0n...,...... 4 4 ritEFERENC;E SHARES. Great forthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 1081 Great Western Orig. 44 per cent pf., 96) 7 Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 72 Great Western, Chester gua. stock, Ditto, 8 per cent. pf. et., 165 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent.., 134 North Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 10! LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 110 Midland Bradford pf. stock, 931 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Bahia and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 141 Imperial Mexican, lira. Recite and San Francisca (Urn.), gua. 7 per cent., 14 Sambre and Meuse, 7 FOREIGN MINES, Port Philip, li St. John del Rey (lim.), 331 BANKS. Alliance (Um.), 28 Ditto, new, 37 Anglo Austrian, 7 lim., 33 Australasia, e9;70/ Ditto, new, 65 Consolidated Bank, lirn., Ilk Eastern Exchange, 61 European Bank, Urn., 8k Imperial Ottoman, 17 6i London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lira., 91 London Joint stock, -- Ditto, new, issued at 30 pm., 361 I I London and South African, 211 2/ Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Bra., 17/ Union of London, 56 551 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 111 11 City Offices, aim., 5 Company of African Merchants, aim., Continental Union Gas, 11m., 10 Credit Fonder and Mubilier of England, 81 Ditto (€2), Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lirn., 5 Gen. Credit and Finance of Lyndon, 11 n, 7 liudson'a Bay, 161 Import,' Mercantile Credit A Rio., Urn., 81 International Financial society, lim., 7/ Italian Irrigation (Canal Carour, 5 Lond9n . Financial Association, lim., Ditto. new, 23/ 4 Midras Irrigation and Canal, 51 _ Ditto (all), zoi National Discount Company, lim., 151 Ocean Marine Insurance), 26 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian IL Mail, lim., Ditto, new (L 5), 31 Societe Final; ciere d'itypte, Rm., 31 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7h all all 100 100 100 100 1561 i 78 1 a 1051 111191 19 137 i 1131 103) 791 Business don( THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIN6-`, D.CCEMBEII 10, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE, STONE V. STONE AND APPLETON. This case, which was commenced yesterday, was resumed at the sitting of the Court this morning. It was the petition of Captain Steno for a dissolution of his marriage with Matilda Catherine, his wife, on account of her alleged adultery with Mr Robert Appleton, ag rinst whom he claimed damages to the extent of £5,000. The respondent denied the charge. The co-respondent, under somewhat pecular circumstances, did not appear. The leading facts were as follows :—The respondent was Miss Slack, a daughter of the rector of Morton Hampstead, Devonshire, and the marriage took place in March, 1861. Capt. Stone and his wife shortly afterwards went to India, where they remained till after the mutiny. The petitioner then came home on sick leave ; and in the summer of 1858 he went to live at Bud leigh Salterton, near Exeter. In the August of the following year the petitioner returned to India, but the state of his wife's health did not permit of her accompanying bins. She had previously had three children ; and soon after her husband's departure she was confined of a fourth. She had been left by the petitioner under the medi cal care of Mr Appleton, a surgeon, who was practising at Budleigh. On May 2, 1861, the petitioner again returned to his wife; and on the 2d of the following January—that was, in 33 weeks afterwards—the respondent was delivered of a fifth child. In the previous December her husband had accused her of infidelity, and after the birth of the child, in lodgings at Ex6ter, he filed his petition. Previous to his return, Mr Appleton disappeared from Budleigh ; and the suit having proceeded in his absence, the case was taken against him pro confesso, the jury awarding £2,000 against him as damages. The chief evidence against the re spondent was the testimony ore surgeon named Webb, who had deposed that the child at its birth was of mature growth. A new trial was moved for on account of the great pre judice from which the respondent had suffered on ac count of the absence of the corespondent, and also on account of the extremely unsatisfactory evidence of Mr Webb, who had died before the trial, and who had been examined by a commission. The late Judge Ordinary refused the application, but an appeal was made to the full court, which consisted of Sir Cresswell Creswell, Mr Justice Wightman, and Mr Baron Channell. Sir C. Cresswell died before the decision of the court was pro nounced; but the remaining judges granted a new trial as prayed—this judgment being the only instance in which the ruling of the late Judge Ordinary was reversed by his col leagues. In the meantime Mr Appleton, who had gone to America, was found, and ho sent over affidavits stating that he was not cognisant of the proceedings against him until just before the trial; that the moment he had heard of them he set off to return to England, but that before he could take ship he was informed of-the verdict; that hav ing left England in the first instance to avoid his creditors, he dared not return with a condemnation in damages to such an amount hanging over him; that he was perfectly innocent of the adultery of which he had been convicted by the jury; and that his sole motive for leaving Budleigh Salterton was one connected with his pecuniary embarrass ments. The examination of witnesses to prove the case of the petitioner occupied the court the whole of the day. The case for the petitioners was concluded to-day, and Mr, Coleridge, Q.C., addressed the jury for the respondent, and at the termination of his address the further hearing was adjourned till `Wednesday.' The case is not expected to conclude until Thursday next. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Commissioner Winslow,) IN RE J. IV. COLE. This bankrupt was formerly a clerk under the Trinity Board and in the Customs, and was granted by the Lords of the Privy Council of Trade a pension of £3OO a year. He came before this Court in July, 1862, owing £338, with no assets except the pension, Ho was opposed on the ground of excessive expenditure and extravagance in living, ho having been insolvent in 1850. A conditional order of discharge had been granted on the bankrupt undertaking to set aside £lOO a year of the pension for the bem fit of his creditors. He had since paid 115,.but being in arrcar was now summoned for the amount. The bankrupt attributed his failure in payment to ex penses occasioned by the illness of his family, and asked for time to enable him to make up the deficiency. His Honour said that an adjournment till the 14th Jan, would be granted for that purpose, but in default the order of discharge would be cf no avail. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr Commissioner Kerr.) THE FENCHURCH- STREET MURDER,-EXTRAORDINARY ACTION TO RECOVER FUNERAL EXPENSES FOR BURY- ING MRS. GARDINER.- SURGUY V. DENIS This was an action to recover £lB, balance of an acoount due from the estate of Gardiner, the sweep who is now undergoing a sentence of penal servitude for life for the murder of his wife, in Northumberland-alley, on September, 1862, Mr Dodd appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Butler Rigby for the defendant. According to the instructions handed to the attorney for the plaintiff, it appeared that on September 15, 1 862, Mrs Gardiner was found dead in her room in Northumberland alley, Fenchurch-street, and on the 24th the husband paid Plaintiff £5 on account of the funeral expenses. On the same day Gardiner was arrested for the murder of his wife. Upon the trial Gardiner was convicted and cast for death, but upon the day appointed for his execution he was reprieved. Mr Dodd called the plaintiff, who said—l am an under taker. I agreed with Gardener to bury his wife for £23, and he paid me £5 on account. I saw defendant, who pro mised to pay me the balance. Mr Butler Rigby—Now do not say that, because it is not so. Mr Dodd (to plaintiff) —Who is the defendant ? Plaintiff—Ho is the stephon to Gardener. Ho had all the property left by Gardener. It was agreed that he should pay me. Mr Dodd—Was the agreement in writing ? Plaintiff--No, it was not in writing, but I have a witness who will prove all the conversation. Mr Rigby—l wish to call your Honour's attention to the fact that there was no promise in writing. His Honour—There is an act called Lord Tenterden's Act. Plaintiff—l can state that when Gardener was taken he loft a great deal of property behind him, and his stepson (Davis) had a long conversation, after which it was agreed that detendsmt should pay the £8 balance. Mr Rigby—We deny it. Plaintiff—The stepson had all the property. Mr Rigby—Now, really I cannot allow this to go on. His Honour—You do not sue defendant as executor de son tort. Mr Dodd—Oh no, he is not dead. His Honour—ls Mrs Gardener dead ? Mr Rigby—Yes, sir ; the facts are these. Gardener was tried and convicted at the Old Bailey for the murder of his wife. He was reprieved and is now in prison during her Majesty's pleantro. :His Honour—How is this, Mr Dodd ? The man is still alive. Mr Dodd (who was holding the brief for Mr Ring (Wood and Ring) I cannot carry the case any further. Mr Rigby—There is no case. His Honour—l had better nonsuit you, Mr Dodd, because at some future time you could come again. Plaintiff was then nonsuited with costs. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE,—On Saturday night last Mr Henry Kirkby, of Underbarrow, and Mr Robert Deere, of Lyth, left Kendal to return home, after attending the market. Both resided at a distance of four or five miles from Kendal on the other side of the steep limestone ridge, known as Scout Scar and Cunswick Scar, which separates Kendal from the valley of Crosthwaite, Lyth, and Under barrow. They were well-to-do farmers living on their own estates. The night was dark and stormy, and floods were out in all directions on the low-lying lands below the Scar. Mr Kirkby, however, never reached that point; Ho was found on Sunday morning lying dead near a limekiln not many hundred yards distant from Kendal. Apparently ho had fallen from the top of the limekiln, and so been killed, The kiln was not burning, but some limo where he had fallen had had sufficient heat to burn his clothes in some places. It is supposed that the deceased and his com panion had been taking a short cut from the end of the town into the Underbarrow-road. This path traverses the quarries and the ground whero the limekilns are situated, and it is probable that Mr Kirkby mistcok his way in the darkness, and so fell over in front of tho kiln. Mr Duero appears to have been heard of last at the Punch Bowl Inn, Underbarrow, about a mile and a half from his own house. He stated there that he had lost Mr Kirkby, ho did not know how, and was urged not to go forward, as the mosses, across which a portion of his way lay, were flooded. He, however, declined this advice, and has not since been heard of. There can be little doubt that the unfortunate man was drowned on the moss, and his body perhaps be carried by the swollen stream of the Underbarrow pool and river Gilpin past his own house to the sea at Milnthorpe sands, Morec Bay.--/Ifan ekes/et Courier. A NEWSBOY'S Lucx.—The pickets of the Army of the Potomac, says the New York Times, captured a little rebel newsboy a few days ago. The boy was a very young and diminutive personage, and his capture caused a good deal of amusement. The little fellow has just been sent back, much to his satisfaction ; when he was again taken outside of our lines:by Lieut.-Colonel Osborne, of General Crawford's staff, no one was visible. After waiting impatiently for some one from the rebel lines to make their appearance, the colonel set the urchin on a stump and re traced his steps. He had not gone far when the boy got down, and scampered away for his friends' lines as fast as he could. He is no doubt a groat man now in the rebel camps. A pamphlet by M. Isaac Pereire, entitled "La Banque de France et Organisation du Credit on France," was published yesterday. It contains 216 pages, and almost forms a volume. M. Pereire concludes that a searching investigation is necessary. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—nis Day. MARLBOROUGH STREET. BREAKING AND ENTERING A DISTILLER'S PREMISES. —James Wilson, a young man in the employ of Mr Henry Brett, of the Old Furnivel's Distillery, as porter at the branch office in Regent-street, was charged before Mr Knox with breaking and entering the premises of his em ployer in Regent-street, and stealing about £1 Ps. Mrs Hannah Brown, servant to Mr Brett, said--Yes terday evening, about seven o'clock, while in the kitchen, I heard a noise overhead, and on going upstairs found a panel loading into the shop broken in. I spoke to the police, and they got through the aperture. I then left and went to Kensington to acqu:iint my master, leaving the police in charge of the place. The panel was a little broken before, and believe it had previously been tampered with. The prisoner is the porter, but does not sleep on the pre mises. When I came back from Kensington the prisoner was in custody of the police. Alfred Austin, 336 A—On being called yesterday even ing, to No. 30, ll ,. :•gent-.areet, I found a panel broken suf ihdcntly to admit a man. I got inside and lit a candle, and looked round the place, and then sent the servant for the proprietor. I remained quiet, and hearing a noise down stairs, I the❑ called in another constable and went into the cellar, and on opening a cupboard door I found the prisoner crouched on his hands and knees. I pulled him out and asked what he was doing there, and he said that some men outside had told him to break into the place. On searching him I found a half sovereign, four shillings, and a penny in his pockets. I then took him into the shop, and remained till the manager came, and the manager then found that a desk had been forced open and some money taken from it. Oa asking the prisoner where it was, he said, " In No. 3 bin." Sergeant Horsey, 6 C— Prisoner told me he got through the hole, and that some fellow had asked him to break in, telling him that he knew the police. Oa asking him if he knew the persons he said he did not. On the prisoner say ing the money was in No. 3 bin, I went to the bin in the cellar and removed some bottles and hard dust, and found in different pieces of paper Xi Os in all, and the prisoner said that was the money he had taken from the till. Mr Arthur Chesterton, manager of the Regent-street branch of Mr Brett's business, said—On arriving at the premises in Regent - street I found the place in charge of the police. I found the money left in the desk gone, and it was found in a bin where the prisoner said he had put it. The prisoner had been 10 weeks in Mr Brett's employ—a good character being received with him. The prisoner left the premises.before I did. Mr Brett wished, as the prisoner had had a good character, and helped to support his mother, that the prisoner might be dealt leniently with, Mr Knox—There are certain cases I have not the power to deal with, and this is one. All that has been said on be half of the prisoner can be urged before the Judge. The prisoner, who put no questions to the witnesses, and made no answer to the charge, was then committed for trial. THAMES. A DISGUSTING MONSTER. IMPORTANT PROSECU TION: - Thomas Drakeley, a tall man, aged 24 years, and who hid lost his right arm, was brought before Mr Part ridge charged with causing an oberuction on the footway of York-street, East, and adjoining the Stepney Railway station, and with using indecent language to the annoyance of the passengers. Mr Thomas Horsley, inspector of police, stated that at ten o'clock on Friday night he saw the prisoner on the foot path in the Commercial-road, selling indecent and obscene pamphlets, marked price Gd, but for which he only asked a penny, constituted a bowl without a name, on a nameless subject, a tit bit for everybody, By " Naughty Peeping Tom." The prisoner had a great num ber of playing cards in his hands. Some of them on being held up to the light exhibited views and scenes of an offensive description. A boy purchased one of them, and the prisoner said, " Ah, you young rascal, you would have this because you saw—, The rest of the sentence is unfit for publication. The prisoner then went on to address the' people assembled in a very improper manner, and gave utterance to a very obscene address. Mr Partridge here ordered the women out of the court, and was surprised they had not retired long since. Patrick Maddigan, a police sergeant No. 60 K, confirmed the evidence of the inspector, and said he purchased one of the obscene pamphlets last night at half-past 8 o'clock. The prisoner said, " I thought you would have one by the cut of your eye." The prisoner said ho did not say one half stated by the inspector and sergeant, and that having lost his arm he had no other way of getting his living. Mr Partridge said the prisoner had clearly violated two acts of Parliament, and the pamphlet was one of an obscene character. He was very sort*, he could not commit such a disgusting blackguard to the treadmill under the Vagrant Act without the option of a fine. He fined the prisoner 40s in each case, an i in ch f cult two months' imprisonment. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. - LONDON, Dec. 10.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. MILFORD, Dec. S.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Henry Pad densey, from Liverpool for Singapore, with her rudder carried away, FALMOUTH, Dec. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—West, from Manilla for Liverpool. PILL, Dec, B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mont Blanc, from Mauritius—Agnes C. James, from Richibucto— Yuba, from St John's, N B. PORTSMOUTH, Dec, 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Trident, from Malta, and proceeded for the Eastward. HOLYHEAD, Dec. B . —Sailed —Arabian, for Melbourne— Volant, for Gibraltar. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 9—Martha, from Danfzic—Occan Chid, from St MichacPs—Lionno, from Gravelines—Donna Amolia, from Calcutta. Arrived, Dec. 10—Elizabeth Sarah, and Anemone, from Windau—Jessamine, from Fayal—Wonder, from Cron stadt—Niord, from Nestoid—Princess Beatrice, from St, Michael's. Sailed—Bilboa, steamer, for Bilboa. Returned—The Whisper, for Mauritius. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Arrived and Passed—Morning Star, from London for Kurrechee. Sailed—Landwersturn, for London, in town, to repair damageg. PUTTING IT RATIIER STRONGLY. —A correspon dent of the Tinas writes as follows :—" I venture to hope that you will not allow the subject of tho advertising quacks, however unpleasant it may be, to drop until some thing has been done towards purifying our newspaper sheets, and someth'ng towards abating the nuisance itself. The former result can only be arrived at by the pressure of public opinion. Let it once be understood that the pro prietors of papers that admit these advertisements are the direct recipients of the wages of iniquity exactly as much as any pimp or pander that walks the streets of Rome or Milan, and the thing will be done. The imputa 4 ien of such a partnership in profits earned by far more loathsome vile ness than that of the poor girl who makes her living in the streets would be more than even the proverbial callousness o f a company of shareholders could put up with. The London might do much by ultimately their alos tables su c h s h ee ts as ma y con ti nuo d As to the museums, &c., those traps bated by "friends" and " advisers," combind with all the foul accessories of London prostitution, n simple set of police regulations or an Act e t P a rliament, if necessary, excluding u t do o ni n t the clubse from r present o m appe a l. ought to wipe them away at once. They are tolerated in no other capital, and are a scandal and disgrace to the civiliza tion of London." LEECH AS AN ARTIST.—If we are at liberty to describe Mr Leech's work as a kind of epistolary art, a pictorial correspondence, this phrase will have the further advantage of indicating the singularity of his pcsi- Lion as an artist. His position is as singular in this century as that of Hogarth was in the last. Sometimes these two men are compared together; but, indeed, it is impossible to measure them by a common standard. One cannot com pare a first rate letter-writer, like Madame de Sevigne, with a first rate dramatist, like Molie re. We cannot put an idyllic poet on the same level with an epic one. Mr Leech used a very humble medium for the expression of his thinking ; and he adopted it for better, for worse. It had the disadvantage of being unfit for the higher exercises of pictorial genius; while, on the other hand, it had the advantage of appeal ing quickly to prodigious multitudes, and of thus enabling the artist, from week to week for twenty years, to play directly, and without intermission, on the hearts of a whole nation. And that is the secret of our friend's success; he had gone to our hearts and had become part of our life. He had, in this century, discovered, or at least turned to account, a new method of art, as Hogarth had done in the sat century. . But Mr Leech in the present con ltury drew still nearer to the popular feeling. He found a new way through the instrumentality of Punch. Hogarth's way was not entirely his own. Ho had learnt it from the Dutch masters. and his originality consisted in seeing that by endowing pictures of domestic life with keen moral purpose he could adapt them to the English mind. So Mr Leech fuund a way made for him, but he had the merit of instantly seizing on it, and making the most of it. His work has in .it the neces sary limitations of comedy; it was not often that in the pages of a journal professedly humorous, he could touch tragedy. But allowing for these limitations—the limita • tion of subject imposed by comedy, and the limitation of treatment imposed by the nature of his means—it is im possible not to be struck with his reach as an artist—with the range of his knowledge, with the accuracy of his eye, with the perfect sympathy that entered into all his touches, with:his clearness and simplicity of expression, with the sense of beauty and the love of nature that regulated all his perceptions. Certainly no man before him, with means so slight, had ever accomplished so much, whether we mea sure his achievement by the amount of expression in his drawings, or by their effect on the popular mind.—" Corn hill Magazine•' for December. ,111ARKETB---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The market is fairly supplied with fruit and vegetablest The trade rules steady at the following currencies : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. S. d. Is d Pine apple 3 8 oto 10 0 i Mu'berries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 Foreign do., each 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 6 Grapes,per lb 4 oto 8 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Foreign do. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 9to 1 0 Melons ... Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0, Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 3to 3 0} Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100_4 oto 8 Oireaches, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6to 7 0 Currants, per 14.8 v 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries Id Bye') oto 0 01 Plums, per do. .. 4 6to 5 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Damsons, pr d 0... 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 4 oto 5 0, Shallots, per lb 0 oto 0 °. Cabbages, pr doz 1 3 to 2 01 Horseradish, pito 1 oto 2 ° ditto 2 oto 3 6 Parsley, per ditto e oto 0 t! Savoy do., pr dz 1 oto 2 0: Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 ° Cauliflowers, pdz 1 6to 3 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 uto 0 u Brocoii 0 8 to 1 0 ; Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 6J 0 to 20 0 Small salad, p. pit, 0 0 to 0 New ditto, pr cot 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 t Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto o Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz buds 0 oto 0 0 Green 0 oto 0 0: Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 t French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0,; Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6 to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto J 0 New Do., dz bun 0 to 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach Brussels sprouts 1 3to L 0; Scakale, per bun. 2 oto 3 t POULTR Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Gd ; geese, 4s Od to 7s Gd each ; goslings, Os to Os Od ; ducks, Is 6d to 3s 3d ; ducklino•s, Oa Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each; wild do., 9,1 to is 2d ; pigeons, Os Gd to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 6s to Os 0,1 ; barn door fowls, 4s 6d to 7s (d ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; ptarmigan, Os to Os Od each ; pheasants, 2s Gd to 3s Od ' • partridges, is 3d to 2s ; woodcocks, 2s to 3 s Od; snipes, Gd to is Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; widgeons, is Od to is Gd ; plovers, Os 4d to is each; guinea fowls, 3s Od to bs Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 4d ; English, is 4d to Is 7d per lb ' • English eggs, 11s Od to 1 2s Od ; French do., Os Od to lOs Od per 100 ; leverets, is Od to 2s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 3s Od. _ BILLINGSGATE, Salmon, 2s 6d to Os Od ; trout, Od to Od ; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 4s Od to 18s ; cod, 3s Od to 12s Od ; brills, is Od to lOs Od ; doreys, is Od to 78 Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 2 s 6 d ; lobsters, is Oci.to 3s ; crabs,Gd to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair ; common oysters, 1 's to 18s ; natives, 748 to 848 per bush. ; whitings, 3s Od to 12s; haddocks, 4s to 20s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os 01 per dozen ; mackerel, Gs to —s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 13s to Os per 120 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and teno, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 6:1 to 5s Od; lamb, 03 Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 53 Od per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 35 to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 63 to 5s Od ; v cal, 3s 10d to 4510 d ; and pork, 38 6d to 5s Od per 81b8 by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Gld to 7d ,of household do., 5d to Gd per 41b loaf. . HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to Glib, 3d to 3,td ; 641 b to 721 b, 31 ; 721 b to 801 b, 3kd to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 41d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4id to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to std ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 5d to did. Horse hides, lOs Od to 12s Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 9s 6d to 12s Od ; half•.breds, 8s Od to 9s Gd ; Downs, Gs Od to 7s Gd; lambs, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. .SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 5s to £5 78 6d ; clover, £5 5s to £G 7s Gd; and straw, LI Gs to 10s per load. Trade firm, CUMBERLAND—Meadow hay, £4 5s to £5 78 Od; clover, 25 5s to .C 6 108 Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load, A. active demand. WHITECIIAIAIL,—Meadow hay, £4 5s to L 5 7s 6d ; clover, £5 5s to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 lOs per load. Trade steady. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ,--------,r-- -^-- 1861. 1863. 1861. 1803. £ L Belfast and N, Counties l3O 136 1,036 2.0'4 Belfast and County Down 49 49 655 599 Blyth and Tyne . 28 28 2,143 1,653 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 5,655 5,514 Caledonian Cambrian Cockermouth& Workington Bl 81 303 320 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 331 4,5 Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 6l 61 115 131 Cork and youghal .. . 321 32 1 339 104 Cornwall 654 651 1,464 1.203 Deeside l7 17 372 315 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1 311 1,406 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,485 1,536 Dublin and Meath Dub. &Wicklow and IVextd 9ll 011 3,003 2,786 Furness, &c 5O s', 3,217 2,80:1 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,N rtlf.,&E. Union Great Northern 287 353 34, e 74 3 .3,1 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,768 1,53: Li t. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 461 486 r it.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3871 3731 7,419 7,974 Great Western 12221 1169 61,000 57;992 Hull and llornsea l3 125 - Inverness & Aberdeen June ll7l 1061 1,373 1,29) Inverness & Perth Jun,:tion 1191 1191 1,485 1,135 Irish North-Western 145 145 1,902 1.72 J Kent Coast 27 27 510 220 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 401 31,103 35,250 Limerick and Ennis... 241 21J 143 197 Limerick and Foynes 2O/ 261 87 130 Llanelly . ... .. 161 461 04 464 617 Llynvi 'Valley London &IN orth-Western London and Blackwall 5l bl 1,717 I,f 65 London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 267 2614 17,573 16,158 London, Chatham, & Dover 72} 224 4,736 4,218 Do. Metropolitan Extension 11 104 1,075 875 Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Ilan., Sheffield, & Lincolnsh Ranch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 94 1,325 1,203 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,a25 1.414 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6511 641 49,207 43,375 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 262 2594 4,633 6,150 Monkland nonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal.. 44 44 2,929 2,490 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee _6151 19,935 19.273 N-Eastern and Stock. & Danl. 1095 1095 5 , .788 55,918 North London 9 9 3,097 3,037 North Staffordshire 254 251 8,774 8.433 lihyinney l9} 19f 1,017 1010 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 4,680 io 75 Somerset and Dorset O6 65 718 191 South Devon - . 791 75f 3.619 3,24) South-Eastern 3OB 305 18,256 17,457 Tall Yale 57 57 5,914 6087 . _ Ulster Vale of Clwyd - 152 i 27 Vale of Neath 431 431 2,806 2.3,0 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 247 267 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,119 1,115 West Cornwall 271 274 701 6.3 W.llartlepool Harbr.& Rail 521 521 4,575 1.211 Irhaven,Cleator,& Eg,rmnt lO 10 655 651 Whitehaven J unction l3 13 1,119 967 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 900 83/ FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 40,101 31,732 Bahia and San Francisco Belgi an Eastern Junction 204 261 375 325 Bombay, Baroda, & ten. India 1851 1851 1,911 2,167 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 6,796 5,371 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France 1176 1428 66,218 62, 86 Eastern Bengal .. 110 110 1,508 2,131 East Indian - - Grand Trunk of Canada 1335 1335 24,623 24,307 Great Central of Belgium 22) 220 5,975 - Great Indian Peninsula 5 -3 5381 10,211 7,112 Great Luxembourg 134 131 4,511 4,057 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 3.5 11,517 11,942 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant (8) 650 16,224 19 294 Northern of Canada ...........01 91 1,049 1,385 Northern of France 607 697 58,131 57,583 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1967 1781 135,302 142,637 Paris and Orleans 1616 1614 71,380 70,432 Pernambuco 774 774 617 55) Seind. 1)o. I'unjab, &c 32 3' 2•z3 z 53 South Austrian Southern of France .... b 23 770 26,386 28,954 Victoria Welland West Flanders 75 75 1,043 985 West & Westn of France.. 1011 931 4.) . ,035" 40,610 SPARROWS BREEDING IN WINTER.—The other day, the sexton of the parish church, Wick, while cleaning out the Sinclair aisle, discovered a male and female sparrow in the act of feeding a family of young ones, that had only recently emerged from their shells. It is seldom that an instance of sparrow breeding at this season comes under the notice of naturalists. Certainly the fact cannot be adduced as a proof of the mildness of the season, for although we have not yet had a rnow shower,the season has been the stormiest on record for many years.—.Yorthern Ensign. WOODCOCKS IN SURREY.—An unusually large number of woodcocks have been flushed during this week in the wood banks on the Surrey hills. They are rare in this county ; they invariably migrate from the west in the autumn and pay a flying visit to the marshy and bog soils in the coverts of the south, but have dcferred their transit this year till the present moon, and in the light nights have located very numerously, and the epicures of game and sportsmen are on the qui vice, and bagging them with vivid competition, . A RAT CATCIIING few days ago, while a number of boys were amusing themselves at the river-aide at 'MeV, their attention was directed to the move ments of a large rat, which every now and then came stealthily out edits hiding-place,and cautiously advanced to the side of this river, retreating when the boys throw atoms at it, and retutaing as soon as a suspension of juvenile hot tallies admitted. The boys resolved to give the rat a chance of a " lay," during which it ran out of its hole, suddenly plunged into the river, and returned in an instant with a small live fliuuder in its mouth, with which it, ran into its domicile, taking care not..to return to its fishing quarters so lung as the urchins remained near them.—.No) I rn Ensign. EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION.--Samuel Baker, an inmate of the London Lunatic Hospital, committed suicide the (flier day by strangling himself in the water. closet. One delusion to which he was subject was that every meal he took cost him Ll,OOO, and that he should soon be ruined. In consequence of this it was difficult to get him to eat. lie was not a suicidal patient, but the man ner of his death showed great determination, He tied one end of a handkerchief round his neck and the other end he fastened to the knob of the door, and then by sinking down and tugging at the handkerchief he managed to effect his purpose, He w 44 60 years of age, and was from W elt"' le-Maren,—kturnfo2d Mercer;', The Great Polish Trial at Berlin, This monster trial, which has continued nearly five months, was closed on the 2d instant. 127 of the accused were actually tried by the Court, 11 had gone abroad, and 11 others were absent on ac count of illness, or from other causes. The Crown Prosecutor has moved that those who went abroad should be sentenced to death par contumace, and the others wha were absent be given a new trial. Of the 127 who were tried, the prosecution has proposed that four—Messrs, Kosinski, Niegolewski, ltostej ao, and Callier—should be sentenced to death, three to 15 years' imprisonment, 22 to 10 years, one to eight years, and 33 to six years. The remaining 62 are recommended for liberation. The President of the Court has fixed the 23d instant for the pub lication of the sentences, adding, however, that thc. Court will p?rhaps: not be able to complete the heavy task before it by that day. The following is an account of seine of the more remarkable inci dents of the trial since our last report After the speech of 1),.. Niegolewski's counsel, on the motion of the prosecution that sentence of death be passed upon him, the well-known Polish mem ber of the Prussian Chamber made some striking ' remarks on the position of the Poles under Prus sian rule. He said that, although they were Prus sian subjects, they had the guaranteed right of being Poles, and regarding themselves as mem bers of the whole Polish nation . ; and that they had therefore not ceased to be Poles—not baing so dead to all sense of honour:and dignity 88 to renounce their nationality. The prosecu tion had. stated that neither the peasants nor the higher nobility had favoured the insurrection. This statement was incorrect. The peasants did take part in the insurrection, and if they did no: take part in it such numbers as they would have done had there been sufficient arms, that was not their fault. As regards the highest nobility of Posen, ;it should not be forgotten that the Polish nobility cannot be compared with any other, It had its own historical mission, and if there is any nobi lity to which may be applied the words of Sallust —" Fortibus ectibus atque bona faux neque divitis neque superb a, nobilis ignobilem proalbat," it was the Polish nobility of sit grades, from the highest to the lowest. The Polish nobility did not regard the defence of its privileges as its mis. sion. It had always shown a disposition to sacri fice itself for its country, and had always taken active part in the development of freedom and education. Is a noble to be a representative of reaction and of obscurantism because he is of noble blood ? The Polish nobility rejected such a principle ; it did not base its fame on its ancient lineage, but on its own merits. He fa ould quote as examples of true Polish nobility two great fami lies of Posen, distinguished for their efforts in the cause of education—the Dzialynskis and the Riezynskis. And yet these were the very men who were the most violently attacked by the pre scution. The truth was that every man in the Duchy of Posen helped the insurrection against Russia to the best of his ability, and the wealthiest and most influential, therefore, did the most. Another important speech was that of Herr Elven, regarding the so-called military and civil commis sioners of the Posen Committee, whom the prosecu tion had recommended to be sentenced to imprison. went. He observed that if the system of the prosecution was •to be followed, 93 of the accused ought to lose their heads. The tribunal must deliver a just sentence, and therefore it cannot make auy distinction between Messrs Kosinski, Niegolewski, and ltustajko, and the rest of the accused. If both the members of the committee, and its commis sioners, knowingly acted with a hostile intent towards Prussia, they should all equally be con. demned ; those who did not so act should be declared innocent. Which was the more guilty, he who conceived the treason, or he who knowingly exe cuted it P On the 231 ult. M. KoEzutski, one of the accused, made a statement which will probably have a great influence on the ultimate decision of the court. The Crown prosecutor had founded his motion, that sen tence of death should be passed on the alleged mem• bers of the Posen Committee, chiefly on a passage in an address from that committee, in which it is stated that the committee " bad its rise" in the National Government at Warsaw. M. Koszatski proved that this passage, which is in the cfficial translation of the address, is a misrepresentation of the original. His statement was confirmed by the Polish trans■ lator appointed by the Court. At the conclusion of the trial, M. Mittlestadt, the counsel for the prosecution, said that, while fully believing that the counsel for the defence were convinced of the innocence of their clients, he and the Crown Prosecutor saw no reason for departing from the charges they had made against the accused from the beginning. High treason consists not only in actions, but in thought and intention. Herr Lewald reminded the Court what were the hopes and fears of the defence when the trial com menced, and what were their expectations now. They could only expect from the nature of the ac cusation that the prosecution would make 102 motions recommending sentence of death to be passed, and support them by showing what dangers had threatened the Prussian monarchy. Yet of the 128 persons tried, the prosecution had pro posed the liberation of 63, and the execution of four only. These proposals for the liberation of the accused were hardly less painful than those recom mending the punishment of death. Under what a system did they live, if there was so little security for individual freedom ? Sixty-three persons had been confined in prison for upwards of a year, and now the prosecution itself recommended their liberation ! He regarded this fact as ominous of danger to all Prussians, and in the whole course of the trial he could not refrain from thinking of the old principle, " res tua agitur." He concluded as follows :—" We have now for six months been to gether with men of a different nationality from that of the majority of the counsel who defended them. It may be that this entire devotion on our part to their interests will help to bring to gether the two nationalities. The fault of what has here been disclosed does not entirely belong to the authorities and the police—intra 7nuros pee cation est et extra. But it is a larger question— whether the whole body of each nationality will in future be more friendly to the other. One thin g I will venture to say in the name of my fellow counsel. We have taken a sincere liking for the accused who are here present. Many of them men of lofty mind and feeling, we shall never forget, and I trust they will remain our friends. Gentlemen of the Court, I believe you will draw from this an opinion opposed to that advo cated by the prosecution. We are, all but two, Prussian Germans. We would, no doubt, under any circumstances do our duty; but we could never have defended these men with such deep and ardent feeling had we felt the shadow of a suspicion that they had designed to attack our country. Yes, gentlemen, we believe—we are convinced—that in this case not one of the accused thought of any hos tile design towards Prussia; and in this belief, based on the strongest conviction, I bring before you, in the name of my fellow-counsel, the re quest—or rather the hope and strong expectation—that you will liberate all the accused, there paying the debt of justice. Otherwise you cannot do." THE CAFfOR OF THE FLORIDA. —It seems that Captain Collins, of the Wachusetts, has before per. formed a similar exploit of making a capture in neutral waters. This occurred on the 21st of December, 1862, while in command of the Octorora, when he seized the British schooner Mont Blanc, a small craft of nine tons, while she was lying at anchor within a mile of Bahama Banks, and took her to Key West. The Prize Court at that place soon released her on the ground that she was clearly within British waters at the time of capture. Lord Lyons brought the matter to the attention of the Government, and, after a full examination, Mr Sward ackmwledged the error of Captain Collins, fidrnitted the right of the owner of the schooner to damages, and stated that Captain Collins ' , A-1 1 1d be notified that he had incurred the disapprobation of the President. —Tat tiara' Ali gus. VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY.—The uegotiations which have for some time past been pending between the directors of the Great Western and Vale of Neath Com panies have terminated in an arrangement that the Vale of Neath Company are to receive 5.C625 parts of 100 of the net earnings of the united corapaies, with a fined mum of £Bl,OOO 4er annum, TH IHD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. AMERICA. LREIJITICS TELEGRAM. j NEW YORK, Nov. 30, Richmoad papers anticipate that if Shettnan captures Uhorleston or Savannah he will transfer his army to (;rent. They cYpect the Janice lt:ver fleet will proceed to Savannah to ca.operate with Sbcren3n. Hood is reported to have occupied Huntsville wad Dnatur. }lfs main army, 40,000 strong, was c,O /1 ., c litratcd south of Columbia on the ?it - h. 11.0 as% saultcd the works at C.ilumbia, s,iuth of the. Dock river, and was badly repulsed. A small Uonfeth.. rate cavalry force tucet:cded, however, in crossing the Duck river. It is supposed that Flood will, move east across the Chattanooga river to cu-opa. rate with Breckenridge. It is said that Forrest is provided with pontoons to cross the Tennessee River at Cnickagow, and i s. marching in connection with Ho o d' s army throuVh Tennessee to Cumberland Gap. Eirly reports that Sheridan's cavalry had, been repulsed beyond Mount Jackson, whence they w „„ pursued and driven beyond Edinburgh in confusion, leaving their dead and wounded. 2,000 Confederates had made a raid on the Baltig more and Oaio Railroad at New Creek, where they captured a Federal force and destroyed the wareg e houses and stores. It is reported that Ewell's corps had moved southward from Lee's army. It is denied that Sheridan had reinforced Grant. General Dix has announced that the emiss'A ries of the agents connected with the plot to barn the city will, if arrested, be tried by court martial and, if convicted, they will be executed as spies. More suspicious persons have been arrested, and a large reward is offered for the offenders. All Southerners are ordered to register the.ir names or they Rill be regarded as spies. Mr Seward has refused to present the Briti s h, peace address to Mr Lincoln. The Confederate Congress has unanimously re. jetted the proposition conciliatory to the United States, and favouring pacific measures on the basis of the recognition of State rights, and the original statutes of slavery. The Canadian Government had refused the re. quest of the St. Alban's raiders to refer to Richmond for evidence of their connection with the Confedem rate Government. The Tallahassee and the Chickamanga have, arrived at Wilmington. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold 230. Exchange on London, 251; on Paris, 2 9 to 2.124. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Central 1191, Illinois 1261, Erie 93k, 5'20 Bonds 100. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland, 129. Flour and wheat advancing. Corn quiet. Provisions dull. Coffeo and sugar slightly firmer. Molasses steady. Petroleum, crude, 49; refined 69. (TELEGRAPH NEWS ASSOCIATION,) Sherman's cavalry attempted to cross the Oconee River, but were repulsed. Up to the 24th it was still on this side. It is thought this will be the first line of Confederate defence, Macon has not been captured. The Federals abandoned their line of march upon Macon, and moved upon Gordon and Griswoldville, which they occupied. The Confedes rates evacuated Milledgeville, after removing archieves and other valuable property. The Fedo. rals then entered the city and destroyed it. The Governor of South Carolina has ordered the State militia and reserves to assemble at Hamburg on the Savannah River, en route for Augusta. The gars risons at Charleston and Savannah have also been ordered to that point. Beauregard, Hardee, Taylor, and Wheeler, were at Macon on the 22J. It is understood that Beauregard took with him Taylor's corps, 10,000 strong, for Corinth. Other accounts state he took 25,000 men, leaving Hood 20,000 to operate in Tennessee in conjunc don with Breckenridge. The World believes the Confederates can concentrate a force of 89,000 to confront Sherman between Macon and the see.. The News thinks he will be compelled to turn to.. wards the Gulf of Mexico to escape disaster. It intimates that the Confederate forces under Beau regard number 40,000. It is now believed that Sherman will avoid Augusta, and endeavour to reach Savannah, to open up communication with the fleet, At last accounts the two Federal columns were 40 miles apart, with trains eight miles lori g . Richmond papers report that Sherman was repulsed 20 miles from Augusta, and assert that the situ a.. tion is regarded in official circles as decidedly 013 4 couraging. There is no truth in the reported Eby. ration of Federal prison(rs. The exchange has been stopped by the destruction of the railroad to S vannah. Hood, in conjunction with Breckenridge, is believed to bo marching cn Knoxville, where Gillem was, at the last accounts, cut off from reinforcements. It is reported that Burnside has been ordered there with 10,000 men. Thomas has evacuated Franklin, Tennessee. It also rumoured that he has abandoned Athens and Decatur. Hood is vaguely reported driven back from Columbia, but no details are given. The Talahassee and Chickamanga are both safe at Wilmington. The Talisman and Armstrong arrived at Bermuda with 1,100 bales of cotton. Governor Seymour has de. dined to receive the British peace address, but re ferred Mr Barker to Secretary Seward, who also declined it, and likewise refused him an interview with Mr Lincoln. Barker now proposes presenting the address to Congress. The Florida was run into and sunk on Sunday last week. It was privately rumoured she would be accidentally burnt. The Express regards it as a strange and curious affair, and thinks it will add to the existing complies.. cations. The World says the pretence of an accident is too transparent to deceive anybody. The News thinks she was sunk designedly, and adds that the sinking does not cancel the duty of indemnity. The Government should procure another Florida, and restore her to Brazilian waters. The Times says the question is open as regards the right or wrong of the seizure, but contends that thus far there is no ground for complaint. Ad% miral Buchanan and the officers of the Florida have been sent to Fort 'Warren. Nearly all the journals concur in regarding the recent fires ha a Confederate plot—though many people regard it as a manoeuvre of the Administra tion to further exasperate Northern feeling against the South, and to furnish a pretext for martial, law, which the Tribune demands. That journal ssjs—" The rebels are active, dangerous, and di s. perate throughout the city, and nothing but mar. tial law will suffice.' Several arrests have been made, but names and particulars are kept private. Hotel keepers offer 20,000 dollars' reward, and Major Gunther recommends that the Council offer 25.000 more. General Dix issued two orders doe clearing all rebel emissaries spies, who, if d et cctud shall be summarily hung. The editors of Southern journals are indignant because they are included in the conscription, and have called a convention to protest. The Richmond ExaminEr believes that Sherman's reign will purify Georgia, and cement the peep:e more thoroughly in support of the Government. The Federal gunboat Pontiac was fired into with shells in Charleston harbour. Six of the crew we , :e killed, and the boat badly injured. General Lee reports that Sheridan's second re, cognisance with two brigades of cavalry w as d e ., feated, and his dead and wounded left behind. The Fight lasted four hours. The steamer Gieyhonnd, With Admiral Portcr and General Butler on board, was totally burned in James River on Sunday last. lianceck has been ordered to raise a new corps of 20,000 one year men, Early will 'winter in the valley, but two divi sions of his army ht.ve sent to Petersburg to take the piece of A. P. Hill's corps, sent south, supposed to join Brecheuride or oppose S'iiernaan. Shan 100 Sk 1 too 1 100 stook stook 20 stook 1:0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook stook stock Stook E 8 9